diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/components/ChatView.tsx b/ui/desktop/src/components/ChatView.tsx
index dd69b5cf1f..59533d3a20 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/src/components/ChatView.tsx
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/components/ChatView.tsx
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ function ChatContent({
   const [droppedFiles, setDroppedFiles] = useState<string[]>([]);
 
   const scrollRef = useRef<ScrollAreaHandle>(null);
+  const hasSentPromptRef = useRef(false);
 
   const {
     summaryContent,
@@ -278,6 +279,14 @@ function ChatContent({
     }
   }, [messages]);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const prompt = recipeConfig?.prompt;
+    if (prompt && !hasSentPromptRef.current) {
+      append(prompt);
+      hasSentPromptRef.current = true;
+    }
+  }, [recipeConfig?.prompt, append]);
+
   // Handle submit
   const handleSubmit = (e: React.FormEvent) => {
     window.electron.startPowerSaveBlocker();
@@ -476,7 +485,6 @@ function ChatContent({
   const handleDragOver = (e: React.DragEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
     e.preventDefault();
   };
-
   return (
     <div className="flex flex-col w-full h-screen items-center justify-center">
       {/* Loader when generating recipe */}
diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/main.ts b/ui/desktop/src/main.ts
index 55bf7bbbf6..d06196912a 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/src/main.ts
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/main.ts
@@ -285,10 +285,11 @@ const windowMap = new Map<number, BrowserWindow>();
 
 interface RecipeConfig {
   id: string;
-  name: string;
+  title: string;
   description: string;
   instructions: string;
   activities: string[];
+  prompt: string;
 }
 
 const createChat = async (